Cork-extracting device.



' No. 876,049. PATENTED JAN. v, 1908.

D. PIALGOFSKY.

CORK BXTRAOTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19 7- 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Attorhgys No. 876,049. PATENTED JAN. 7, 1908.

D. FIALGOPSKY. 4

CORK BXTRAGTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN 8 1907 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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Attorneys Witnesses 5 I .7

DANIEL FIALOOFSKY, OF SOREL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

CORK-EXTRACTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. '7, 1908.

Application filed January 28,1907. Serial No. 354.576.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL FIALCOFSKY, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Sorel, county of Richelieu, in the Province ofQuebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCork- Extracting Devices; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to cork extractors; the object of my invention isto provide an extractor which may be actuated into and which will removea cork by moving the handle of the extractor in one direction; a furtherobject is to provide an extractor which will hold the extracted corkuntil the movement of the handle is reversed; a further object is toprovide means cooperating with the handle which will cause rotation of acorkscrew forming part of the extractor when the handle is actuated inone direction, which will permit movement of the corkscrew withoutrotation, and which will again rotate the corkscrew to withdraw it fromthe cork; and, my invention consists of the construction, combinationand arrangement of parts, as herein illustrated, described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, I haveillustrated one form of embodiment of my invention, in which drawingssimilar reference characters designate corresponding parts, and inwhich:

Figure 1 is a side elevation; and, Fig. 2 is a front elevation. Fig. 3is a side elevation of the device when the screw has been driven fullinto the cork. Fig. 4 is a view from the opposite showin the parts justbefore stripping. Fig. 5 is a view from the same side as Fig. 3 showingthe parts when the cork has been fully withdrawn. Fig. 6 is a crosssection on line 66 of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the screwcarrier, the screw head and pins being shown in dotted lines, andadjacent portions of the frame in sections, and Fig. 8 is a frontelevation of the parts shown in section in Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a metallic body having abifurcation 2 surrounded by laterally projecting flanges 3 adapted torest on a fixed support, such as a table. A thumb-screw 4 is disposedvertically through one of the arms of the bifurcation 2, and carries aplate 5 having the calks 6, by means of which construction the body 1may be firmly attached to a fixed support.

The body 1 is provided with a longitudinal slot 7 extending from itslower end to a point intermediate of its length. The slot 7 is closed byan annular sleeve 8, removably secured by means of the screws 8 to thelower end of that portion of the body 1, which has therein the slot 7.The sleeve 8 is intended and adapted to receive the upper end of theneck of a bottle from which the cork is to be extracted, and the objectin having the same removable is to permit ready access to the slidableparts, which are herein described as being disposed in the slot 7.

The body 1 is provided with a transverse bore 9 adjacent the upper endof the slot 7, which bore is surrounded on one side by a raised boss 9*.Above the bore 9, the body 1 is provided with a longitudinal guide slot10. Slidably disposed on one side of the body 1 over the guide slot 10,and extending to the slot 7,is a double rack 11 to which is secured aheaded pin 12, which pin extends through the guide slot 10, and locksthe rack 11 in slidable engagement with the body 1.

Disposed through the bore 9 is a shaft 13, to which is fixed a segmentalgear 14, adapted to engage successively the opposite sides of the doublerack 11.

Formed on or secured to the lower end of the rack 11 is a block 15,provided with a recess 16. A cork screw 17 is disposed in the slot 7,and has formed on its upper end a head 18, which is disposed in therecess 16 of the block 15. A split pin 19 is disposed through the block15, and has its ends disposed under the head 18, so that the corkscrew17 is free to rotate, but is held from displacement from the block 15.

Slidably disposed in the slot 7 is a follower 20, having the end flanges21 engaging over the walls of the slot 7, so that the follower is freeto slide in the slot. The block 20 is provided with a screw-threadedopening 22, through which the corkscrew 17 is disposed, so that movement01' the corkscrew with relation to the block 20 will cause rotation ofthe corkscrew.

A handle 23 is secured to the end of the shaft 13 opposite the segmentalgear 14, as by means of the pin 24. The handle 23 is provided with a cam25, adapted to contact against the upper end of a pawl 26, which isrockably disposed on the pivot 27 carried by the body 1. The lower endof the pawl 26 is provided with a shoulder 28, adapted toengage thefollower 20 and to prevent its upward movement in the slot 7. When thehandle 23-has been moved so that the cam 25 no longer engages the upperend of the pawl 26, the pawl is adapted to be moved out of engagementwith the follower 20 by means of a spring 29, one end of which issecured to the pivot 27, and the opposite end of which engages the lowerend of the pawl. A pin 30 is carried by the body 1, and is adapted tolimit the movement of the pawl away from the follower 20.

From the position shown in Fig. 1, if the handle 23 be actuated in thedirection indicated by the arrow 31, the segmental gear 14 engages theleft-hand or upper side of the double rack 11, and actuates the samedownward, and the corkscrew 17 passing through the follower 20 isrotated to engage a cork lying within the sleeve 8. In going through thearc of a circle of approximately one hundred and eighty degrees, the cam25 rides on the upper end of the pawl 26, and the follower 20 ismaintained in its locked'position. Further movement of the handle in thesame direction carries the cam 25 past the upper end of the pawl 26, sothat the spring 29 ac tuates the ,pawl from engagement with the follower20, and when in this osition, the segmental gear 14 engages theright-hand or lower side of the double rack 1 1, and actuates the sameupward, carrying with it the cork screw 17 and the follower 20, so thatthe corkscrew is not rotated and the extracted cork is drawn into theslot 7, where it is held, and theoperator is free to use both hands.Movement of the handle from the last described position in an oppositedirection, causes the segmental gear 14 to engage the right-hand side ofthe double rack 11, and forces the corkscrew 17 and the followerdownward without rotation of the corkscrew until the cam again contactswith the up er end of the pawl 26, and the follower is loo ed, and thencontinued movement of the handle 23 in a direction opposite to the arrow31 causes the segmental gear 14 to engage the left-hand side of thedouble rack 11 and actuates it upward, carrying with it the corkscrew17, and the follower 20 then causes rotation of the corkscrew in anopposite direction to that in which it was rotated when it was firstactuated downward. This movement causes retraction of the corkscrew 17from the cork.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A cork extractor comprising the combination of a body ada ted to beattached to a fixed su port, a dou 1e rack slidably disposed on thebody, a segmental gear adapted to successively engage the opposite sidesof the double rack, a handle adapted to rotate the gear and providedwith a cam surface, a

corkscrew rotatably supported on the rack, a follower slidably carriedby the body through which follower the corkscrew is disposed, and meanscooperating with the cam adapted to lock the follower against movement.

2. A cork extractor comprisingthe com: bination of a body ada ted to beattached to a fixed su port, a dou le rack slidably disposed on t ebody, a segmental gear adapted to successively engage the opposite sidesof the rack, a handle adapted to rotate the gear and provided with a camsurface, a corkscrew rotatably sup orted on the rack, a followerslidably carried by the body through which follower the corkscrew isdisposed, a pawl pivoted to the body having one end disposed in the pathof movement of the cam and having the other end provided with a shoulderadapted to engage the follower, and resilient means for retracting thepawl from the path of the follower.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

DANIEL FIALCOFSKY.

Witnesses:

J. A. LACOUTURE, J. DEMERS.

